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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2009 ii Paper 4 19F b Solution by
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The induced character construction extends any class function on byFrobenius reciprocity for class functions is . It follows directly by substituting this sum into the left inner product, writing , and using the conjugacy invariance of . If is a character, its inner product with every restricted irreducible character is a nonnegative integer, a multiplicity in its complete reducible decomposition. Expanding in the orthonormal irreducible-character basis therefore makes a nonnegative integer sum of irreducible characters: it is a character of .
If affords , a concrete induced representation is , with acting by left multiplication on the first factor. Choosing coset representatives decomposes it into copies of . An element permutes these copies; only fixed cosets contribute trace, and the contribution from is . Summing fixed cosets gives exactly the displayed induced class function.
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